ABOUT CHRIS MELINIOTIS Chris has been a member of the MOSS collective since 2020. He has a passion for using pastel colours to bring his art to life, whether through comic strips, landscape paintings, or abstract designs and patterns. Chris thrives on creating unique characters and crafting clever jokes, drawing inspiration from […]
Leena and Oula A Valkeapää are living with reindeer in the Arctic Sápmi where they follow the Sàmi herding tradition. Oula contributed this question, Who is thinking in you? to my evolving publication project, Environmental Justice Questions. The question is haunting because it proposes and presumes a thinking within your thinking you may or […]
I am an aspiring artist who is passionate about watercolour art. NEWSFLASH took place from 1st October to 8th November 2025 and is the collaborative exhibition showcasing a range of artwork from young people, namely: Abdullahi Ibrahim, Beatrix F, Dalila L, Ewan O, Marina P, Merlin Summers, Millie Butler and Silvie P. […]
As the world ends and then ends again in more vile ways, this year, visions of mangroves and the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler have been my close company. Dawn (Lilith’s Brood, Book I) begins with the aftermath of missiles that killed almost the entire human race along with all possibility of life […]
‘Permanent’ and ‘Artist-run’ are not two phrases we normally see next to each other. The artist is taught not to dream of solid ground, instead living in a world of; temporary exhibitions, meanwhile leases, short-term sublets, interim projects, makeshift studios, provisional spaces, stand-in lecturers, roving entities, and ephemeral practices. Artist-run culture balances on the knife […]
What does it mean to move all the time? My temporary history was triggered to ask myself this question after visiting The Forever Temporary at The Whitgift Centre in Croydon which forces us to reflect on this. The exhibition centres on property guardianships which refers to tenants who have a responsibility to maintain properties, with […]
I once read the city described as a “relatively permanent” place. Inserting the word relatively next to permanent seems contradictory. Is it one or the other? Permanent is permanent, a concrete word. It is not permanent-ish, surely? Perhaps using a concrete word but subverting its intention is a perfect analogy for a city. A sprawling […]
MOSS are a collective of learning disabled adult artists based here at Turf Projects. The collective take part in weekly workshops and have a studio at Turf where they can work on their own projects. As part of these workshops during ‘Eye Level’, MOSS have created a radio show with audio producer Huw Olesker. For […]
About Nammy Wams Nammy Wams is a British Vietnamese-Chinese London-based music producer and DJ specialising in Grime, UK Drill, and the related-sounds. He has hosted a weekly two hour slot on Croydon 97.8FM since 2018. He runs the label AP Life with Bok Bok where he has released three instrumental EPs. Many artists […]
Designated Company was a work-in-progress commissioned by Turf Projects in July 2024. It was performed at 6 out of the 158 bus stops without seats or shelters in Croydon to highlight that travel in our Borough has not been fully accessible since 2021. I read the planning reports which are more for “advertising” than “people”, […]